Mansfield
Sign in to saveMansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of the Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area and the second largest settlement in Nottinghamshire (following the city of Nottingham). Henry III granted Mansfield the Royal Charter of a market town in 1227. The town lies in the Maun Valley, north of Nottingham. The district had a population of 110,500 at the 2021 census. Mansfield is the one local authority in Nottinghamshire with a publicly elected mayor, the Mayor of Mansfield. Mansfield in ancient times became the pre-e
Key facts
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Nottinghamshire
- UK place.official_name
- Mansfield
- UK place.population
- 97,831
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.shire_district
- Mansfield
- UK place.shire_county
- Nottinghamshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Mansfield
- UK place.parts_type
- Areas of the town
- UK place.p1
- Berry Hill
- UK place.p2
- Forest Town
- UK place.p3
- Ladybrook
- UK place.p4
- Mansfield Woodhouse
- UK place.p5
- Oakham
- UK place.p6
- Pleasley (part)
- UK place.p7
- Pleasley Vale
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52 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Roman to Medieval period
- Tudor and Stuart periods
- 18th century
- 19th century
- 20th century
- Ancient markets
- Geography
- Climate
- Economy
- Town centre
- Regeneration
- Civic Centre
- Regeneration history
- The Industrial Revolution
- Mansfield Brewery
- Transport
- Railway
- Road
- Buses
- Education
- Primary Schools
- Secondary Schools
- Specialist Schools
- College and Associated University
- Politics
- Places of interest
- Parks
- Entertainment
- Summer in the Streets
- Entertainment history
- Religion
- Sport
- Cemeteries and crematorium
- Media
- Notable people
- Actors/actresses
- Arts
- Academics
- Musicians
- Politicians/economists
- Religion
- Sciences
- Sports
- Television/playwriting
- Miscellaneous
- International relations
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of the Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area and the second largest settlement in Nottinghamshire (following the city of Nottingham). Henry III granted Mansfield the Royal Charter of a market town in 1227. The town lies in the Maun Valley, north of Nottingham. The district had a population of 110,500 at the 2021 census. Mansfield is the one local authority in Nottinghamshire with a publicly elected mayor, the Mayor of Mansfield. Mansfield in ancient times became the pre-eminent in importance amongst the towns of Sherwood Forest.
==Toponymy== According to historian William Horner Groves (1894) there is dispute to the origins of the name. Three conjectures have been considered: the name may have been given to the noble family of Mansfield who came over with William the Conqueror, other sources suggest that the name came from Manson, an Anglo-Saxon word for traffic and a field meaning a place of trade, while others claim the town is named after the River Maun which runs through Mansfield, the town being built around the river.